diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/SeafarerRegistrationPage.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/SeafarerRegistrationPage.tsx
index 6d1131330..d30733fae 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/SeafarerRegistrationPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/SeafarerRegistrationPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useCurrentProfile, useUpdateMyProfileMutation } from '@ema-platform/auth';
+import { useAppSelector } from '../../../store/hooks';
 import { useSaveMyAddressMutation } from '../../profile/api/address-api';
 import {
   Alert,
@@ -252,7 +253,8 @@ export function SeafarerRegistrationPage() {
   // Every signed-in user already has a profile (`/profiles/me` provisions
   // one), so registering fills that row in rather than creating a second —
   // POST /profiles trips the unique user_id constraint.
-  const { profileId } = useCurrentProfile();
+  const { profileId, profile } = useCurrentProfile();
+  const user = useAppSelector((state) => state.auth.user);
   const [active, setActive] = useState(0);
   const [completed, setCompleted] = useState<number[]>([]);
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
@@ -290,6 +292,27 @@ export function SeafarerRegistrationPage() {
   const setFile = (key: string) => (f: File | null) =>
     setFiles((prev) => ({ ...prev, [key]: f }));
 
+  // Signup already asked for name, email and phone — start from those (and
+  // whatever is on the profile) instead of making the applicant retype them.
+  // Only blank fields are filled, so nothing typed here is overwritten.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const [enFirst = '', ...enRest] = (user?.name.en ?? '').trim().split(/\s+/);
+    const [amFirst = '', ...amRest] = (user?.name.am ?? '').trim().split(/\s+/);
+    const orEmpty = (v?: string | null) => v ?? '';
+    // Profile stores MALE / SINGLE; the selects here list Male / Single.
+    const title = (v: string) => v.charAt(0) + v.slice(1).toLowerCase();
+    setFirstName((c) => c.en ? c : { en: profile?.firstName || enFirst, am: amFirst });
+    setMiddleName((c) => c.en ? c : { en: profile?.middleName || enRest.slice(0, -1).join(' '), am: amRest.slice(0, -1).join(' ') });
+    setLastName((c) => c.en ? c : { en: profile?.lastName || orEmpty(enRest.at(-1)), am: orEmpty(amRest.at(-1)) });
+    if (profile?.gender) setGender((c) => c ?? title(profile.gender));
+    if (profile?.dob) setDob((c) => c ?? new Date(profile.dob));
+    if (profile?.pob) setPlaceOfBirth((c) => c || profile.pob);
+    if (profile?.maritalStatus) setMaritalStatus((c) => c ?? title(profile.maritalStatus));
+    setEmail((c) => c || profile?.address?.email || user?.email || '');
+    setMobile((c) => c || profile?.address?.primaryPhoneNumber || user?.phoneNumber || '');
+    if (profile?.address?.idNumber) setNationalIdNumber((c) => c || profile.address.idNumber);
+  }, [user, profile]);
+
   const canNext = () => {
     if (active === 0) return !!firstName.en.trim() && !!lastName.en.trim() && !!gender && !!dob && !!placeOfBirth && !!nationality && !!nationalIdNumber.trim();
     if (active === 1) return !!mobile.trim() && !!email.trim() && !!locationId;